Originally posted on esngblog:
The preserved North Norfolk Railway does what it says on the can – it is part of the old Midland & Great Northern Railway, running along the north coast of Norfolk from Sheringham. These days, it tries to run appropriate stock, even if it is Great Eastern in origin. However, in…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the January Update from the General Steam Navigation project, the unrebuilding of a Merchant Navy has long been talked about since Barry with the amount of Merchant Navy’s surviving the cutters torch. We are happy to confirm that the 35011 General Steam Navigation team will be hosting…
Tonight we are looking at a rather interesting piece by Graham Muz. As regular readers of my blog will I know I often assist a number of the model manufacturers and commissioners with support, advice and research in conjunction to models that they are in the process of developing. This post is a ‘comment piece’…
A great article by Robert Demaine of the National Railway Musuem looking at how some locomotives were named differently during the First World War. Named locomotives in the First World War The naming of railway locomotives has often been a practice heavy with symbolism and at no time more so than during the Great War. Thanks…
Originally posted on Locksands Life:
As we get through January, I thought I might look at one or two Christmas presents – but this isn’t one of them. This is a sort of buckshee extra. I performed what I might call a trifling kindness for Henfield Museum and the author of a book about the…
Good evening, Tonight we are finishing our look at the layouts from the South Hants Model Railway Club show in November 2015. So without further ado let’s have a look! Pwllheli (P4) Pwllheli is a P4 gauage layout owned by South Hants Model Railway Club member Jonathan Buckie. Pwllheli is situated in north- west corner…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another one of my favourite layouts from the South Hants Model Railway Club show in November.
Originally posted on Olly Writes:
Saturday 17th October 2015 We left Caernarfon Castle with two options to ensure our return to the cottage: We could phone ‘home’ for a lift. We could take the train home and walk a few short miles back from the station. Walking the six-mile distance wasn’t an attractive scenario, with…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at a rather interesting project that has been developing over the last couple of months to save one of the last remaining Bulleid designed 4-DD driving units. The 4-DD units were a unique experiment in UK train design, an experiment which carried on in service for over 20 years.…
Originally posted on esngblog:
A few more very old pictures from my album. This was a school railway club trip to the Bluebell Railway, I think. Steam on British Railways had finally died in 1968, so to go to this little preserved line and see old steam locos in operation was something special. And note…
Loco Yard 